Medusa

HP 68
Gil 699 gil
Experience 699
Size Small
Damage 20
Attack Status Poison (Poison)
Hit Rate 1×92%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Absorb 10
Evade 18%
Magic Defense 28%
Morale 150 (may run if party is level 35 or higher)
Attack Probability 50%
Special Attack Probability 50%
Special Attack Sequence Gaze
Elemental Vulnerability
Encountered In
Citadel of Trials
Tower of Mirage
Flying Fortress
Medusas, as you might expect, have a Gaze attack that turns characters to Stone. Fortunately it's not a very accurate attack, and their normal attacks aren't much to worry about either (though they are Poisonous). They are very easy to kill, whether by physical attacks or a tier-2 attack Spell. In mixed groups, it pays to take out all the Medusas quickly, just in case. They become much less of a threat once your Knight finds the Aegis Shield, as half of their Gaze attacks will bounce ineffectively off of him.
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Special Attacks: Used by Medusa – 1 shown
Similar special attacks may share the same name, but have different effects and animation (see individual pages to determine which monsters use which version of a given attack)
Name
Damaging special attacks that are not resisted deal between one and two this this amount of damage, or half that when resisted (damage can be further modified by elemental weaknesses or resistances)
Power
A modifier to the likelihood of the special attack being resisted; there is a base chance to hit of approximately 74% plus half this value, modified by the target's magic defense
Accuracy		 Target
The status ailment inflicted if the special attack is not resisted, if any
Status
The elemental nature of the special attack; weakness to the element makes the special attack approximately 20% more likely to hit and adds a 50% bonus to any damage dealt, while resistance halves damage and nearly guarantees that the special attack will be resisted (for a net of 1/4 normal damage)
Element
Gaze - +86 One Foe Stone Poison
Random Encounters: With Medusa – 6 shown
Map
The monsters that can be involved in this encounter; minibosses are only found in repeatable set encounters; bosses are encountered only one time during the game; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game
Monsters
The probability of any given encounter being this one when you have a random battle on its map
Frequency
A modifier to the base chance of the monsters surprising the party; your party leader's agility and luck also factor into the surprise chance
Surprise
Is it possible to run from this encounter?
Run?
The average amount of total experience you can expect to earn from this encounter (this is split evenly among surviving party members)
Avg. Exp.
The average amount of gil you can expect to earn from this encounter
Avg. Gil
Citadel of Trials 2F Medusa ×2–5 18.8% +23% Yes 2,447 2,447 gil
Citadel of Trials 3F Medusa ×2–5 18.8% +23% Yes 2,447 2,447 gil
Flying Fortress 3F Rakshasa ×3–7, Medusa ×0–5 18.8% +0% Yes 4,241 5,160 gil
Flying Fortress 4F Rakshasa ×3–7, Medusa ×0–5 18.8% +0% Yes 4,241 5,160 gil
Tower of Mirage 1F Sabretooth ×1–2, Medusa ×3–6 9.4% +23% Yes 4,410 3,896 gil
Tower of Mirage 3F Sabretooth ×1–2, Medusa ×3–6 9.4% +23% Yes 4,410 3,896 gil
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Related

Earth Medusa

HP 96
Gil 1,218 gil
Experience 1,218
Size Small
Damage 11
Attack Status Paralysis (Status)
Hit Rate 10×96%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Absorb 12
Evade 36%
Magic Defense 35%
Morale 200
Monster Family Magic Beast
Attack Probability 50%
Special Attack Probability 50%
Special Attack Sequence Gaze
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Ice
Earth
Encountered In
Flying Fortress
Temple of Chaos Past
Earth Medusas have a truly ridiculous 10 attacks per round, though none of them deals enough damage to break through even a Wizard's Defense at this stage of the game. It is however fairly likely that any party member not wearing a Ribbon will be Paralyzed by this attack. Like normal Medusas, they also have a Petrifying Gaze attack, though most if not all of the party should resist Poison as well at this point. Hit them with the Mage's Staff and call it a day, because Earth Medusas aren't even worth your time.

MEDUSA

Sprite
HP 68
Gold 699 G
Experience 699
Absorb 10 Evade 18% Magic Def. 28%
Damage 20–40 Hit 92%
Attack Status Poison (non-elemental)
Critical Hit Chance 1% Attack Probability 50%
Special Attack Probability 50% Attacks GLANCE
Morale 150 (may run at party level 35+)
Elemental Vulnerability
Encountered In
Castle of Ordeal
Mirage Tower
Floating Castle
MEDUSAS have a GLANCE attack that turns characters to Stone with about a 50% success rate, and their normal attacks are weak but Poisonous. With only 68 HP, even tier-2 attack Spells or attacks from a THIEF should destroy them more often than not.

Medusa

HP 980
Level 43
Job Level 1
Gil 1,200 gil
Experience 360
Intelligence 30
Mind 30
Attack Power 24
Attacks/Accuracy 4×60% (2.4)
Status Attack Partial Petrification (1/3)
Defense 3
Evasion 2×10% (0.2)
Magic Defense 48
Magic Resistance 2×40% (0.8)
Special Attack Rate 80%
Special Attack Break
Stolen Item Potion
Elemental Vulnerability
Earth

Medusa

HP 490
Gil 225 gil
Experience 1,208
Attack Power 64
Defense 4
Magic Defense 14
Stolen Item Medusa Arrow
Dropped Items Medusa Arrow (Common), Gorgon Sword (Very Rare)
Elemental Vulnerability